Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:45:27 -0500
I have kept track in some of my recent phone contest operations of the number of QSOs I make with stations that are being operated by female voices. I know that gender recognition through voice chara
Competition is generally a male attribute. I convinced Judy, KA5PQD, to work a few stations with her (Novice forever) call during Field Day on 10 SSB on Saturday evening. She was not interested in CQ
HI everyone I am not so sure I am the one to answer this since the contest bug hit me within the first week of upgrading from Technician to Tech Plus and it only got more intense as I upgraded to Gen
Ken, For ideas, you might contact Emily Thiel, P43E, who has become quite active on Aruba in the past few years. She is building up a nice station and really enjoys contesting (as well as running the
Bravo Barry, sounds like Judy has contest potential. I would say FD is a great place to get YLs and others into contesting. It's sort of a non-competitive way to get started. As for YLs specifically,
-- "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com> wrote: Put a picture of K5NZ in a G-String on the website? Good question. What made Jenn want to get into radio besides you? What sparked K5DU's intre
Someone mentioned State QSO parties. The MDC QSO Party is coming up in August. See http://www.w3cwc.org or do a search on MDC QSO PARTY. Put on by the Antietam Radio Association in Hagerstown, MD. It
Here's another opportunity for YLs to get an introduction to the kind of operationg necessary in a contest, by being a DX station and getting help/advice from some well-known YL contesters: Several Y
The Ohio Qso Party ( http://www.oqp.us ) has plaques for in state and out of state YL. Sponsored by the Buckeye Bells and the Chix on 6 and 2 YL club. Great chance to get a nice award. Last years win
I remember W5DRI who could work them with the best in the late 50's early 60's. I also remember WA4HOM (Trey's mother), W5CME (Shirley)and carole OH5SM so there have been good YL ops. And I did not l
OE8YDQ/SP5HNK operated SSB/CW at 9A2004YC in IOTA. Four more YL attended WWYC meeting, 4 local YLs also involved. This was helped by ARRL Colvins grant for 12 DXCC activity. More info is available a
I read Barry's post to imply that after a few QSOs, Judy lost interest. Ken brings up an interesting point about women in contesting. I appreciated Merri's exhaustive post. I have not done any measu
Mark, I generally agree with you that men enjoy competition more than women do. BUT, that said, my wife is VERY competitive in all that she does, and she wants to do well at it, e.g. couples golf. We
Interesting topic and ideas being put forth (no comment on the G-string). =) I believe that Dave, K4JRB, is correct in thinking that the ratio of female contesters to female hams in the ham populatio
Hi Merri and all other contester, at first thank you for your words in this diskussion. I only want to add that there are many more yl-contesters aktiv than you might think off! For example I love co
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:29:12 -0500
I actually inquired around with some folks I know at the League, and as far as I can tell, the ARRL has never had any statistics on the male/female ratio of either ARRL members or Amateur Radio servi
I tried this with my girlfriend one time... She said that she would attend a hamfest with me, but I had to go shoe shopping the next weekend for an equivalent number of hours. Yep. That was the end
I did not get a chance to chime in on this one the first time around, but since it has come up again I'll offer this opinion: We won't attract many female operators as long as a Hooters side show is
Ken, I live in a middle-class area of Houston. I went to QRZ.com and did a name search using only my zip code (77089) in the search feild. I got 108 hits. Who knew there were so many hams in this zi
OK. So Dayton ads a little Chippendale ;) I did not get a chance to chime in on this one the first time around, but since it has come up again I'll offer this opinion: We won't attract many female op